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The section that makes things work better: getting your business and your people to be more productive. These Daily Insights describe how entrepreneurs are putting both proven and cutting-edge technologies to the best possible use.

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The inexorable rise of the BlackBerry
img 1 By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Business tool to some, CrackBerry to others, the BlackBerry is fast becoming part of the fabric of business.

June 25, 2008 12:05pm
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Cutting edge technology increases sales by £1m
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Recipero is launching a new real-time handset blocking service to strike fear into the hearts of mobile phone thieves everywhere. And the rewards are practically criminal!

June 13, 2008 3:27pm
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Intelligence tool maximises sales
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A business intelligence tool has helped Driver Hire to better analyse its data and identify new sales opportunities for its franchisees, according to chief executive Chris Chidley.

June 10, 2008 2:56pm
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Video piracy is a crime…
img 1 By Rebecca Burn-Callander
DRM-free content can be a fantastic way to virally market your brand. Richard Davis, founder of Virtual Gym, has embraced the pirates and boosted membership to his online site.

June 02, 2008 3:26pm
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Quiet man back in spotlight as NewsCorp eyes Blinkx
img 1 By Mattthew Rock
As NewsCorp and even Google are rumoured to be be considering bids for UK video search engine Blinkx, a reminder of the brains behind the venture.

May 09, 2008 4:44pm
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Free web accelerator for small businesses
img 1 By Rebecca Burn-Callander
For the uninitiated, a web accelerator affects how your audience views your website. It makes the videos stream faster; the music play uninterrupted; and the games run smoothly.

April 30, 2008 4:55pm
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Meet the MoneyExpert
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Moneyexpert chairman, the entrepreneur Nigel Warr, is making big moves with his financial comparison business.

April 28, 2008 4:40pm
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Technology rules when tightening the belt
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Technology entrepreneur Sam Ferguson has saved his company £1.5m in costs after streamlining processes at EDM, a document management specialist.

April 23, 2008 2:28pm
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Truphone: the next mobile giant?
img 1 By Peter Kneller
Mobile technology firm Truphone has just secured £16.5m venture funding. Not bad for an entrepreneurial business that started in a Kent barn.

April 18, 2008 12:25pm
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Transforming the typing trade with digital technology
img 1 By Melissa Hancock
Vanessa Phillips has built a very successful business using an extremely simple piece of technology – digital sound files. Today she employs 250 typists who transcribe dictaphone recordings for 350 clients.

April 17, 2008 6:20pm

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Grass Roots entrepreneur receives an MBE for social responsibility

By Kate Pritchard - July 03, 2008 5:24pm GMT

David Evans set up Herfordshire-based performance improvement firm Grass Roots in the eighties. Today, he turns over a whopping £247m, employs over 1,000 people and has just become one of only three people in the country to receive an MBE for services to CSR.

Foresight invests in Silvigen

By Real Deals & Real Business - July 03, 2008 3:45pm GMT

Silvigen, a supplier of biomass fuels for use in the power industry, will use £1.75m from Foresight to finance the development of a processing plant in Goole, North Humberside.

Countdown to Human Capital Awards

By Catherine Woods - July 03, 2008 3:38pm GMT

At last year’s CBI/Real Business Human Capital Awards, prison administrator Vicky O’Dea was crowned the ‘people’s champion’.

Farmer focuses on versatile local product

By Catherine Woods - July 03, 2008 3:10pm GMT

Farmer Andy Fussel has turned a low-value crop into a product that appeals to those who want to lower their carbon footprint, the health conscious and even Michelin-star chefs.

Nine ways to grow your business through franchising

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 03, 2008 2:28pm GMT

Brian Duckett, MD of Howarth Franchising, gives his top tips on franchising your business.

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Lee McQueen pulls a sickie

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 02, 2008 2:55pm GMT

First day on the job and Apprentice winner McQueen has been struck down by a flu-like virus.

Look out Boris! Sir Alan for Mayor?!

By Ally Papasodaro - June 27, 2008 4:10pm GMT

Sir Alan Sugar has been mooted as a possible labour candidate for Mayor of London, and the grizzly entrepreneur is up for the challenge.

The world's first Tibetan consumer brand?

By Matthew Rock - June 26, 2008 4:41pm GMT

Bizarre.

Elnaugh Vs. Paphitis. The Dragons are at war

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - June 26, 2008 2:45pm GMT

When Theo Paphitis suggested all women’s brains “turn to mush” when they get pregnant, fellow Dragon Rachel Elnaugh, entrepreneur and mother-of-five, breathed fire and brimstone.

I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it.

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - June 25, 2008 11:09am GMT

Anyone else gearing up to go wild over the new domain name changes? No? Just think of the wit, variety and confusion it will bring to the world wide web.

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